when i prayed this prayer i always imagined the angel putting a real clear light on everything so i could better see what the truth of things were.

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horsehead nebula

national geographic auroras

In addition to Light, let us ask for a Blessing to be Joyful in all things. It does us no benefit to lose our joy, and indeed we often find later that it was in fact foolish. We do not see things in the long picture, but only in a moment of time.

Embrace Joy! Share the Joy!

Let us ask for a Blessing for the Courage to Touch, Embrace, and Love those around us.

Need a Laugh?

an interesting place

Beauty Horse

Oh Well

I Love You Snorkel Cat

Sweetest Vultures

Migrating Geese Are Here

The Flint Hills of Kansa

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Mystical Things

Aung San Suu Kyi Released

Nonviolence

艾未未 Love the Future 爱未来

The Whole World is Watching

The Spirit In Which It Is Given

Well, there is a lot of pain and sorrow, sacrifice, rage and insanity, anxiety and confusion. And that is just the first 5 minutes.Please accept these stories and posts in the spirit in which they are given- to edify, to lift, to lighten, to validate, to weep.Because also: love and sacrifice, wisdom and justice, clarity and gifts. Sometimes it takes more than 5 minutes.Today I added K's story to this blog. She was a little 18 year old when she was deceived into a night of betrayal and crime; trafficked; bought and sold. it is profoundly disturbing that her betrayer was another woman, a wolf in sheep's clothing. hang in there, everybody. Everything is OK in the end. If it isn't ok, it's not the end.